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We have heard two witnesses testify that the defendant, Ronnie Asgaard,

was not in Copenhagen, but in a holiday cottage in North Jutland,

at the time of the killing.

Thus he cannot be the perpetrator.

Those testimonies must, however, be dismissed,

since several witnesses recognised the defendant on CCTV footage.

Text messages were also sent to the victim

from the defendant's phone in the weeks before the killing.

Please allow me to quote:

"I'm going to fuck up your life, man.

Don't sleep soundly.

I know where you and your whore are hiding."

Message after message, right up until the murder.

And then they stopped.

Although witnesses have stated that the defendant, Ronnie Asgaard,

was not in the flat in Copenhagen.

The prosecution remains convinced that it has been proven

that the defendant shot and killed 18-year-old Brian Ottesen

on the morning of Sunday the 23rd of March.

Shots of this nature can only be premeditated.

It is consequently proven beyond reasonable doubt

that the defendant, Ronnie Asgaard, committed premeditated murder.

Aren't you the head of the homicide squad?

Yeah. Well, I lead the investigation.

It was my boyfriend who got killed.

I'm sorry.

How long does it normally take the judge and the jury?

It's hard to say.

Do you think he'll be convicted?

I don't know.

How far along are you?

34 weeks.

Congratulations.

He didn't even know he was going to be a dad.

We have reached a verdict.

And it is as follows:

This court rules that the defendant, Ronnie Asgaard, be acquitted

in the matter of the killing of Brian Ottesen.

Please be seated.

I can advise you that it is not a unanimous verdict.

One judge and two jurors found the defendant guilty,

but the remainder found that there was insufficient evidence to convict.

Did you notice when he looked up?

Yeah.

I know that he did it.

So do I.

But we couldn't prove it.

Will you appeal?

Let me read the verdict and see the grounds.

If the surveillance video and threats are not enough...

Then I don't fucking know what it will take.

I hate losing.

See you, Jakob.

THE INVESTIGATION

DAY 1 11TH AUGUST 2017

Good morning.

Do you know where my cup is?

-Your cup? -Yeah.

-Did someone steal you cup? -Ha ha ha.

There it is.

Would you like some coffee?

Yeah, that'd be nice.

Thanks.

Are you busy?

I hope not.

I am busy, apparently.

I probably won't get home until after four.

I can buy the fish.

Great. Don't forget your daughter is bringing her cute boyfriend.

Bye. Have a nice day.

You too.

-See you later. -Yeah.

Nero, come on.

Lofus, come on.

It's nice to go this way than passing by the amusement park.

Yeah, it's beautiful.

-So beautiful. -Beautiful.

I go that way because it's where all the deer are.

Okay.

You can get close...

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Well, let's get started.

24-hour report, 10th August 2017.

First, a possible rape near Brønshøj reported at 01:30 hours.

A 15-year-old girl, intoxicated.

She doesn't remember much, but mobile video footage shows

three boys having sex with her, simultaneously and individually.

Who's got bingo?

It came to me at around 4:30.

I've spoken with Bellahøj, and they'll take over from here.

Any arrests?

I have spoken with the boys, but I haven't charged them.

They all say she consented.

Yeah, of course she did.

-Nikolaj? -Yes.

I have a somewhat curious one here.

At around 1 AM,

a young man called and reported his Swedish girlfriend missing.

She's a journalist.

And at around 19:00 hours

she embarked on a homemade submarine in connection with an interview,

but did not return home as agreed.

A homemade submarine?

Apparently, she was going to interview one of the builders of it.

Were there only the two of them?

Yes, as far as we know.

What's the status?

There is a search on for the craft by the Navy's mine-clearing unit.

In case they are trapped on the seabed

and a rescue mission has to be launched.

Worst case?

That they run out of oxygen before we find them.

Right.

Musa, do you have anything?

I have two, maybe three, connected shootings.

In Mimersgade, in Tingbjerg, and one in Odinsgade early this morning.

One person wearing a North Face jacket was shot.

This person has no gang connections

and was suddenly fired on from a car driving by.

-This is Jens Møller. -It's Jakob here. I hear you called.

I wanted to hear if there was any news about the Ronnie Asgaard case.

Not yet. I'm still waiting to hear from the prosecutor.

But we don't exactly have loads of hard evidence.

No. Okay.

I'll be in touch. Have a nice weekend.

Yeah.

Jens speaking.

Hi, Nikolaj.

Oh, that submarine.

Right, yeah.

And are all onboard fine?

And the journalist too?

That's great news. Have nice weekend.

Yeah!

Yeah.

Hello?

Hello?

-Hello. -It's me, Jens, again.

Listen. We've had a report that the submarine has sunk.

-Sunk? -Yeah.

Right.

It sank suddenly after the boat made contact with it.

What about those onboard?

The report says the builder of the submarine was rescued.

What about the journalist?

There's no report of her.

The colleagues from City ask if they should arrest him.

What for?

I don't know.

Ask him to come in for voluntary questioning and background check.

What if he refuses?

Then we'll know that something's not right.

Roger that.

I'll ask them to bring him to Halmtorvet.

-Great. I'll be right back. -Great, yeah.

He said he set her ashore at 22:30,

but her boyfriend has heard nothing since a text message at around eight.

-Where did she go? -What do you mean?

After he set her ashore, didn't he see where she went?

Have we asked for dogs to search Refshaleøen?

Two teams are out there already.

Yes?

I was told to report here regarding the missing journalist.

Yes, come on in, Maibritt.

Take a seat over there.

Where were we, Nikolaj?

He didn't see where she went.

But according to his statement, he wrote a text message to his wife

after he had dropped her off.

What about the journalist's boyfriend?

Maybe he was jealous that she went sailing with another man.

Was he waiting when she went ashore?

I doubt it. He has a very sound alibi.

He was with friends of theirs all night, and that's confirmed.

Jens Møller speaking.

Yes.

Okay.

Is she absolutely sure?

Right. Thanks.

That was the navy.

One of their experts thinks the sub was sunk deliberately.

What did the yachtsmen who found him say?

He asked them to stay in the area, went into the submarine,

and when he re-emerged, he'd jumped into the sea

and the submarine had sunk.

It's Jens Møller.

Listen, I think we have to charge him with murder straight away.

You take care of it. Great. Thanks.

Musa and Nikolaj, prepare an interrogation ASAP.

I hear you're filing charges for murder.

Yeah.

On which grounds?

On the ground that I think he killed her.

Why do you think so?

Because they left together and he came back alone.

And there are indications the sub was sunk deliberately.

Indications?

What else should I charge him with?

Have you been inside the sub?

The Navy divers are in there now.

I want him before a judge no later than 10:30 tomorrow morning.

By then, I need more than your gut feeling to lock him up for murder.

See you.

Yeah.

Hi, it's me.

Sorry, I didn't get round to it. I had to go back to the office.

A new case has come up.

We don't know yet. Maybe it's nothing.

No, I'll come home tonight, I just don't know exactly when.

Say hello to Cecilie and tell her I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Thanks, dear.

So, the journalist was set ashore here?

She lives with her boyfriend in some kind of commune over there.

The accused has a workshop in the same area.

We'll start searching here and move westwards.

And there are a number of restaurants here.

We're getting their CCTV footage.

How far is it from the suspect's workshop to her house?

Maybe 200 to 300 metres.

But they don't know each other?

I don't know about that.

It's the City Station. I have to take it.

Yeah.

Hello, this is Maibritt.

-LM. -Møller.

-It's been a while. -It bloody well has.

I hear you had divers inside the sub.

Yeah, I sent a couple of guys down.

-Are there no signs of survival? -No.

No knocking sounds.

No signs of life through the portholes.

You haven't been inside?

The way in is too narrow. No need to gamble with my men's safety.

-There are no signs of life. -So we don't know if she is there?

If she's in there, she's definitely not alive.

Didn't he say he put her ashore at Refshaleøen?

We've just been there, and there are no traces of her.

We need that sub raised as soon as possible.

Why?

The suspect is appearing in court tomorrow morning.

Okay.

It's at ten metres depth, mid-current.

It must weigh 60 or 70 tonnes.

It's full of water.

Can't you get it out?

We can, but it's not easy.

No, I guess it isn't.

No.

I'll see what we can do.

It's LM. Listen...

I need your help.

We have to get the sub out of the water.

They called from Halmtorvet.

The journalists parents saw on TV that we're charging him with murder.

Weren't they informed?

No, they thought it was still a missing person's inquiry.

-It's also that. -Yes.

They don't get how we can file murder charges and search for her alive.

Tell them to call me if they have any queries.

Did you get that?

Yeah.

Jens Møller speaking.

Hello, my name is Joachim Wall.

My daughter's gone missing.

Hi, Joachim.

-Do you have time for a chat? -Sure, I've got time.

We don't quite understand what you're up to.

You say you suspect him of murder.

But you don't know if Kim is still alive.

What's going on?

It's too early to draw conclusions.

But is she alive or what?

Is there still hope?

Joachim, are you still in Copenhagen?

Yeah, we're still here.

He sure didn't set her ashore there.

Rewind.

When can you and Nikolaj interrogate him?

His lawyer has to get back from Jutland and study the case,

so it'll be tonight or tomorrow.

Where's Nikolaj?

He's drawing up a provisional timeline.

-Can you ask him to come in here? -Yes.

Right. We fear she's dead, but we obviously hope she's alive.

That she's just sleeping off a wild night somewhere in town.

But if she's dead...

She can have died in four ways: Naturally, accident, suicide, murder.

If it's murder, there are seven motives:

Lust, jealousy, revenge, profit, extremism, ostracism, excitement.

90 percent of murders of women by men are caused by jealousy or lust.

Jealousy requires prior acquaintance between the perpetrator and victim.

Lust doesn't require it.

So the big question is, did they know each other?

The journalist's boyfriend says they didn't.

But they live a few hundred metres apart, so it wouldn't be strange.

Maybe she lied to her boyfriend.

Maybe she led a double life.

It's happened before.

Do we still rule out that the boyfriend was jealous?

He's got a strong alibi for the entire evening.

Plus, she's a journalist, so he's used to her talking to all sorts.

So that's what we know...

Until we interrogate the suspect and raise the sub.

I've been told we can start the interrogation at 23:00.

-Thanks. -It'll be a long night.

Yes.

Maibritt, meet LM and the divers at the harbour at 6:30 and help out.

I'll meet the parents and tell them what we know.

Why are you meeting them tonight?

Because they heard from the press that we're pressing murder charges.

And we don't want them against us now.

No.

Right.

-You get the coffee. -Sure.

It's strange because the police called and said everything was okay.

They said they were both well.

The next time they called, only he had come ashore.

We didn't understand anything, and we still don't.

What do you think happened?

It's far too early to tell,

but we're obviously searching high and low for any signs of life.

Have you been inside the submarine?

No. It's too risky to go in.

Risky? For whom?

For the divers. They say the entrance is too narrow.

If you can climb in and out, you must be able to swim in there.

I promise you, we're doing all that we can.

Instead, we're going to raise the sub tomorrow morning.

Do you think she is inside it?

We don't know.

But you suspect him of murder.

But that's more of a technicality.

When you're arrested in Denmark, you have to be charged with a crime.

If you can't charge someone, you have to release them.

So there's still hope?

Yes, until we...

Until we know for sure, there's hope.

I've been thinking about something.

How the hell could it just sink like that?

We don't know.

But can a submarine just sink?

I think we'll all know more tomorrow morning.

Now, I happen to be an old diver myself.

A friend of mine is a professional diver,

and he knows Øresund very well.

If we can help in any way, do let us know.

Thanks.

It's good to know.

Do you have children?

Yes.

But as I was saying,

if there is anything, you can always call me.

Find my daughter.

Just find her.

Thanks for your time.

Don't mention it.

Hello, you two.

Hello, you two.

There you are. So nice.

-Hi. -Hi.

-Sorry I'm late. -It's good to see you.

-Hello, darling. -Hi, Dad.

-Hi. -Hi.

-It's been a while, eh? -Yeah.

-Would you like some wine? -Yes, please.

-Have you had a look around? -Yeah.

Wonderful place, really.

-Spacious. -Yeah.

-We haven't quite settled in yet. -No.

No.

That would be an exaggeration.

Actually, I've got... We've got something to tell you.

Hi, Nikolaj.

Right.

Okay.

How is he?

What does he say about us not seeing him on CCTV?

Okay.

When do you think you'll finish?

Talk to you. Bye.

Well...

Right. Well...

What we wanted to tell you is just that...

I'm pregnant and you're going to be a granddad.

Oh, my.

Well...

That's wonderful.

Yeah.

How far along are you? When?

I'm due in February.

That's 12 weeks, then.

Yeah.

-I don't know... -Cecilie, why didn't you say earlier?

I don't know. I wanted to, but then we had the first scan.

Yeah, it'll be wonderful.

-Like... -Sorry.

Nikolaj, what's up?

Yeah.

He's sticking to his story.

Yeah, Maibritt will go and help raise the sub tomorrow.

Then we'll see what happens. Bye.

Oh, have they left?

Yeah.

-Have you seen Jens? -No.

DAY 2 12TH AUGUST 2017

-Hey, Jens. -Yes?

He's asked to be interrogated again.

-When? -Now.

Before the preliminary hearing.

Questioning was postponed until afternoon,

but when he heard we're raising the sub, he wanted a new interrogation.

He said if we raised the sub, he had something urgent to tell us.

Okay.

They're on their way with him.

Room 5 is ready for him.

INTERVIEW ROOM 5

He's just explained that she is dead.

How?

There was an accident. A hatch hit her head.

Okay.

-So the body is in the sub? -No.

He said he buried her at sea.

-He did what? -Buried her at sea.

He threw the body into the sea.

How did he say it?

Very calmly.

So the situation didn't upset him?

No, he seemed kind of serene.

Okay.

Repeat exactly what he said had happened.

There.

They went up to the tower to catch some fresh air.

He went first, she followed, and the hatch accidentally shut on her head.

He heard something fall to the bottom of the sub.

When he managed to open the hatch,

he saw her lying in a pool of blood, and he climbed down.

He saw her having a seizure and realised she wouldn't survive.

-He realised she couldn't survive? -Yeah, it was so horrific

that he planned to sail towards Bornholm to kill himself.

But he had regrets and wanted to say goodbye to his cats and his wife.

Okay, stop it right there.

Why did the sub sink?

He had no explanation.

Why didn't he try to save her? Why didn't he call for help?

He said it was because he felt everything was over,

he'd lost everything.

Did he say where we can find the body?

He said he dumped the body

between Avedøre Power Station and Falsterbo in Sweden.

Once more.

Why did he throw her in the sea?

Because it was so horrific and he wanted it all to disappear.

Yeah.

What are you thinking?

I think he's made up a story as to why we'll find blood in the sub.

And why the body has head injuries.

We say it's a murder.

He claims it's an accident.

Will he say so in the hearing at 14:30?

Yeah, that's what he says.

We need the Swedes to visit her parents.

They need to know that she's probably dead, before it gets into the press.

Yeah.

We shall see what the sub tells us.

The current is too strong.

Go and help with the hatch.

Yeah, forward, forward.

Yeah, he's in. Great.

We're pulling forward.

That's great. More towline.

The current's got the towline. More towline. Come on.

The current's too strong. We have to start again.

It's more than one-and-a-half knots.

No, it's not as easy as we hoped.

The sub is too heavy for the crane to lift it the whole way up.

Our first attempt failed because the weather changed.

Yes.

I'm back from the preliminary hearing.

Involuntary manslaughter.

Four weeks for involuntary manslaughter.

-What did he say? -That it was an accident.

-Did the judge believe him? -No.

But I don't have enough evidence to cast doubt on his explanation.

What if he's telling the truth?

Maybe it was just an accident.

What would you do if you went for a drive with journalist

and she suddenly died?

I don't know.

No.

But you wouldn't dump her in a ditch, drive your car off a pier,

and go home to say goodbye to your cats.

No.

Any news on Ronnie Asgaard?

We decided not to appeal to the High Court.

It looks like we have to let him go.

We're ready to try again.

The diver is in. Keep your distance.

We're ready to lift. Keep clear.

Preparing to lift.

Slowly up. Slowly.

The current is strong. I repeat, the current is strong.

Bring it forward!

Good job, lads!

Stand clear!

Subtitles: Kenn Nakata Steffensen www.plint.com